Alexander Helios

Alexander Helios was a Ptolemaic prince and was the eldest son of the Macedonian queen Cleopatra VII of Ptolemaic Egypt by Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Alexanders fraternal twin sister was Cleopatra Selene II. The twins were of Macedonian Greek and Roman heritage, Cleopatra named her son after her collateral ancestor, Alexander the Great. His second name in Ancient Greek means Sun this was the counterpart of his twin sisters second name Selene , meaning Moon.

Alexander Helios was born and educated in Alexandria. He was the second of Cleopatras three sons, Caesarion being the oldest. In lateBC, at the Donations of Alexandria, he was given the title of King of Kings. His parents also made him ruler of Armenia, Media, Parthia and any countries yet to be discovered between the Euphrates and Indus Rivers, despite the fact that most of this territory stood outside of their control at that time. These areas were, in fact, already ruled by Artaxias II of Armenia , Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene and Phraates IV of Parthia. InBC, Alexander was engaged to his distant relative Iotapa, a Princess of Media Atropatene and daughter of Artavasdes I. However, Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium inBC. The next year, they committed suicide as Octavian and his army invaded Egypt. Iotapa left Egypt to return to her father and later married her maternal cousin King Mithridates III of Commagene, who was of Arme

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